1 “Flee for safety, O sons of Benjamin, From the midst of Jerusalem! Now blow a trumpet in Tekoa And raise a signal overaBeth-haccerem; For evil looks down from the north, And a great destruction. 3 4 |
6 For thus says the LORD of hosts,“Cut down her trees And cast up a siege against Jerusalem. This is the city to be punished, In whose midst there is only oppression. 7“As a wellhkeeps its waters fresh, So sheikeeps fresh her wickedness. Violence and destruction are heard in her; Sickness and wounds are ever before Me. 8“Be warned, O Jerusalem, OrjI shall be alienated from you, And make you a desolation, A land not inhabited.” |
9 10 To whom shall I speak and give warning That they may hear? Behold, their ears arekclosed And they cannot listen. Behold, the word of the LORD has become a reproach to them; They have no delight in it. 11 12 13 “For from the least of them even to the greatest of them, Everyone is greedy for gain, And from the prophet even to the priest Everyonendeals falsely. 14 |
16 17 19 “Hear, O earth: behold, I am bringing disaster on this people, The fruit of theiroplans, Because they have not listened to My words, And as for My law, they have rejected it also. 20 “For what purpose does frankincense come to Me from Sheba And thepsweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable And your sacrifices are not pleasing to Me.” |
21 Therefore, thus says the LORD,“Behold, I amqlaying stumbling blocks before this people. And they will stumble against them, Fathers and sons together; Neighbor andrfriend will perish.” 22 Thus says the LORD,“Behold, a people is coming from the north land, And a great nation will be aroused from the remote parts of the earth. 23“They seize bow and spear; They are cruel and have no mercy; Their voice roars like the sea, And they ride on horses, Arrayed as a man for the battle Against you, O daughter of Zion!” 24We have heard the report of it; Our hands are limp. Anguish has seized us, Pain as of a woman in childbirth. 25Do not go out into the field And do not walk on the road, For the enemy has a sword, Terror is on every side. 26O daughter of my people, put on sackcloth 27 “I have made you an assayer and a tester among My people,That you may know and assay their way.”And roll in ashes; sMourn as for an only son, A lamentation most bitter. For suddenly the destroyer Will come upon us. 28All of them are stubbornly rebellious, Going about as a talebearer. They are bronze and iron; They, all of them, are corrupt. 29The bellows blow fiercely, The lead is consumed by the fire; In vain the refining goes on, But the wicked are nottseparated. |
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